Valentine Verses, Sent To My Young Friend, Miss Emma Trevelyan, Of Wallington-House, Northumberland.
Emma! 'tis early time for thee To hear the sounds of minstrelsy, That breathe around the rosy shrine Of honest old Saint Valentine. Too young art thou for strains of love; 'Tis not thy passion I would move; Instead of lover's strains, I send The cordial wishes of a friend. Nobly has Nature done her duty, To give thee of thy mother's beauty So large a share - oh! then be thine The mental charms that in her shine! And may thy father's taste refin'd Still add new graces to thy mind; And may'st thou to each charm impart The gen'rous frankness of his heart. Then, my sweet Emma! thou shall move In many a heart more genuine love Than ever warm'd poetic line, Or sigh'd in any Valentine.
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